ORPARC Library

Choose conveniently from how-to parenting guides, children’s & teen books, information packets, digital downloads, videos, or deep dives into tough topics like trauma. Materials mailed FREE of charge! Enjoy a brief library tour with mischievous Tiny Bear in the ORPARC Short Supports video below.

Not sure what to choose? Call 1-855-496-BOOK (2665) or email ORPARClibrary@nwresource.org. We're happy to make recommendations.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS OUR LIBRARY!

HINT: use filters on far right of each library page to sort by age, etc.

• Check out DIGITAL MATERIALS (email us for a login code)
• Explore information packets you can order for keeps
• View ORPARC Short Supports videos on many supportive topics
• Celebrate our Tribal-specific Collection & Resource pages - proud member of the American Indian Library Association.

If you are an Oregon resource (foster), adoptive (of any kind), assisted-guardianship, respite, or pre-adopt parent; Oregon adult adoptee; Oregon DHS, SNAC or COAA worker; C.A.S.A.; or other supporting community partner, you are eligible to use ORPARC's library!

Many thanks to the State Library of Oregon for supporting our collection. We appreciate your partnership!

Library Materials by Subject:

Materials in other languages include Español/Spanish, Russian, Chuukese, Vietnamese and some Tribal languages.

• ADHD/ADD
• Adoptee & Fosteree-authored/illustrated
• Adoption (General)
• All About Me
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Apraxia/Aphasia
• Assisted reproduction
• Attachment & Bonding
• Autism/Aspergers
• Body Boundaries
• Bullying & Peer Issues
• Celebrations & Holidays
• Child Development
• Child Welfare
• Children's Materials - grade/age tags are only meant as starting points, not definitive guides
• Chuukese Language
• Complex & Development Trauma
• Couples & Attachment
• Cultural Diversity/Transracial
• Culture Connection Collection
• Curly Hair Care
• Deaf-Hearing Needs
• Depression
• Developmental Differences
• Diet & Nutrition
• DIGITAL MATERIALS
• Discipline
• Disruption and Dissolution
• Divorce
• Dyslexia
• Early Childhood
• Education - School Issues
• Education - Special Education
• Emancipation/Preparation for Adulthood
• EMDR
• Emotional Literacy
• ExtensionAlly-ty
• Faith Inspired
• FASD/Drug Affected
• Foster Care
• Incarceration
• Infertility & Pregnancy Loss + digital options
• International
• Kinship Relatives
• Legal Issues
• LGBTQ+ Issues
• Lifestory
• Lying/Confabulation/Stealing
• Loss & Grief
• Medical Issues
• Mental Health
• Neurodiversity
• Neurological
• Openness/Mediation
• ORPARC information packets
• ORPARC Short Supports Video series - instant access
• Parenting
• Pathological Demand Avoidance/Pervasive Drive for Autonomy (PDA)
• Physical Abuse
• Play
• Pre-adoption
• Professional Materials
• Respite Care
• Russian Language
• Search & Reunion
• Self-Destructive/Suicidal
• Sensory Integration
• Sex Education
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexualized Behavior
• Siblings
• Single Parenting
• Sleep
• Slumberkins - each book comes with an activity packet for kids!
• Spanish - Materiales en Español
• Suicide & Self Harm
• Substance Abuse/Addiction
• Support Groups
• Talking About Culture
• Talking About Adoption
• TBRI® -Trust Based Relational Intervention
• Technology
• Teen Issues
• Teen Materials
• Toileting
• Transitions
• Transracial Adoption
• Trauma/PTSD
• Triad Issues
• Tribal - including Resources!
• Vietnamese Language
• Violence (Domestic, etc.)